Laundry-tag.



No. 678,|56. Patented July 9, I90l.

w. J. BAKER. LAUNDRY TAG.

(Application filed Apr. 11, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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NEWPORT, KENTUCKY.

LAU N DRY-TAG Application filed April 11, 1901.

To a whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J. BAKER, residing at Newport, in the countyof Campbell and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and ImprovedLaundry-Tag, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of laundry-tagsfoi'med of a thin flexible metal body capable of being bent upon itselfand over the edge of the article to be identified; and the saidinvention has for its purpose to provide a tag of this character of avery simple and inexpensive construction that can be readily attachedand cannot be I 5 accidentally disengaged.

My invention comprehends generally a sheet-metal blank capable of beingbent upon itself, one end of which has prongs to enter the fabric, theother end of which has suitable means especially adapted for grippingthe ends of a piece of tape adapted to be bent transversely thereover insuch manner that the tensional strain of the tape ends pulling inopposite directions will cause the said tape to be firmly .held upon themetallic body.

In its subordinate features my invention consists in certain details ofconstruction hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed outin the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- 7 Figure 1 is a view of my laundry-tag as appliedfor use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the preferred form of myinvention, the same 3 5 being shown as it appears before being foldedover to grip the garment. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the sameon the line 3 3 of Fig. 4. is a transverse section on the Fig. 5 is asection on the Fig. 6 is a perspective iew of a modified form of myinvention.

ig. 7 is a longitudinal and Fig. 8 a cross secon thereof, taken,respectively, on the lines 7 and 8 8 of Fig. 6; and Fig. 9 is aperspecve View of the preferred formof blank.

'n its preferred form con- My improved tag 1 sts of a sheet-metal blanka of suitable size.

ormed by a stamphe blank or in practice is f g-machine, and at one endit has a number T V-shaped prongs c, that extend crosswise the body aand with their points projected wardly, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and9.

SFEGIFEGATION forming part of Letters latent N0. 678,1 56,

dated July 9, 1901.

$erial No. 6 5,353. (No model.)

end the blank has at each side d, disposed to project longith theirpoints extending inof the prongs d at one side on gs cl at the 0p-,

At the opposite a set of prongs tudinally and W1 Wardly, the pointsopposing the points of the pr posite side.

E designates a short piece of tape of sufficient length to extendtransversely over the side edge of the end w of the blank and with itsopposite ends c e to engage the two opposing sets of prongs d.

In practice the ends e e of the band E are drawn tightly together toextend over and engage the upturned prongs d, (which also face the inneror garment-engaging surface of the blank ca) after which the prongs dare pressed inward fiat over the marking-tape ends e.

By connec in the mann is obvious that the ten ting the ends of themarking-tape er shown and above described it sional strain on theopposite ends of the tape'E in opposite directions will tend to causesaid tape to remain positivelyinterlocked with the prongs d, and therebyreduce the danger of the markingtape becoming accidentally separatedfrom the pron ged plate to the minimum. Said manner of joining the tapeE to the plate also serves to hold the marking-face e of the tapeflatand smooth on the outer face of the "plate a.

The manner in which the preferred construction of my tag is used it isthought will be clearly understood by referring to the drawings. Toattach, it is only necessary to bend the plate uponitself on the creasedline tobring the prongs o in gripping-contact with the garment.

In Figs. 6 to 8, inclusive, a modified form of my invention, fers fromtheother form only inthe man in which the tape mark is held in place.this latter form two metal plates are used. The plate over which thetape is passed and indicated by a is smooth and without prongs, and theends of said plate a are extended, as at f, and bent over to formguide-loopsf, which loops are, however, sufftcientlyopen at their inneredge to permit the ends of the tape E being bent in under the said loopsf, as indicated by e', and said tape ends are I have illustrated whichdifner held clamped within the said loops f and the body of the tapeflat-wise against the plate a by a second plate G, which plate G alsoforms a means for securing the tag to the fabric, it having a sufficientlength to permit its ends that carry spurs 0 being bent down onto thetape-holding portion, and to further secure the tape the plate G isprovided with an inturned spur g, as seen in Figs. 6 and 7, whichengages the tape.

To remove the tag from the garment, it is only necessary to press openthe two ends of the plate to disengage the prongs from the garment.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A laundrytag, consisting of a sheetmetal body, bendable upon itself,one end of which has garment-engaging prongs, a flexible marking-strip,bent transversely over the other end, said body having means for holdingthe marking'strip end interlocked therewith and from endwise movement,as set forth.

2. A laundry-tag, consisting of a sheetmetal body bendable upon itself,one end of said body having prongs projected inwardly in a transversedirection, and a piece of marking-tape, adapted to be bent transverselyover the opposite end of the body part, With its ends opposing eachother, said body part having members near its edges, opposing eachother, and adapted to interlock With the tape ends and hold them fromspreading in a longitudinal direction, as set forth.

3. A laundry-tag, comprisinga metal body, having a portion, adapted tobend upon itself to grip a garment, a marking-tape bendable in atransverse direction over one end of the metal body, said body havingmeans for holding the tape interlocked therewith, substantiallyas shownand for the purposes specified.

WILLIAM J. BAKER.

\Vitnesses:

O. W. NAGEL, M. HERoLD.

